The East Indian Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago

The East Indian Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago, numbering approximately 79,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Caribbean people of Indian ancestry whose forebears arrived as indentured laborers from South Asia. They speak the dominant regional languages and maintain cultural traditions influenced by Hindu, Muslim, and broader Indo-Caribbean heritage They are an Indigenous people, with Indo-Caribbean as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Indo-Caribbean people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Trinidadian Creole English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
People Cluster: Indo-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Trinidadian Creole English (trf)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 79,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG046768

Pray for the East Indian Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Trinidadian Creole English
Language Family: Indo-European

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Trinidadian English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Trinidadian Creole English:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Trinidadian Creole English:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Trinidadian Creole English bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The East Indian Muslims are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the East Indian Muslims:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the East Indian Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that those who do know about God's free gift will hear and believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and that they will joyfully accept this gift.

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
readPsalm 104:24

Pray that they will see the wisdom and power of God in His creation and praise Him for His mighty works.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
readJohn 1:12

Pray that believers will have the opportunity to clearly share the good news with the lost here, so that all people can be invited to trust in Jesus and become children of God.

Indo-Caribbean, Muslim Across Countries (ROP3 - 116451) reported in the following countries:

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